Algy Cluff
Algy Cluff founded UK-headquartered Cluff Oil (subsequently Cluff Resources) in 1971.
He is a former chairman (and former proprietor) of The Spectator and a UK Tory Party fundraiser.
He stepped down from his long-running non-executive chairmanship of West Africa mining company Cluff Gold (later renamed Amara Mining) in May 2012> While chairman Cluff had earned a hefty salary of $447,000, as well as a one-off bonus of $964,000 for becoming non-executive chairman) [1]
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Background
Cluff Natural Resources is an AIM-listed resource company that according to its website is:
- 'currently focused on unlocking the energy potential in the UK via the proven Deep Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) process which involves targeting stranded coal and converting it into syngas. The company is awaiting planning and environmental permits for eight Deep UCG licences, it is intended that the licences will be developed to production.
Activities
Cluff Natural Resources hold UCG licences for the Loughor Estuary, in Carmarthenshire, and the Dee Esturary between Wales and Liverpool. In 2013 they were bidding on a further four. [2]
Royal connections
Cluff hired Pippa Middleton at the height of her sister's post-wedding fame as a geothermal spokeswoman for his fledgling venture Cluff Geothermal. [1]
Views
Affiliations
- Global Vision
- Open Europe
- William De La Warr(Earl De La Warr DL) is a non-executive director at Cluff Natural Resources plc.
- Amara Mining - former chairman when it was Cluff Gold, stepped down in 2012
Contact
- Website:
Resources
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matthew Allan, Cluff Gold's old boys' club days over, Investors Chronicle, 09 October 2012
- ↑ Lorna Stephenson, Coming to Britain: Underground Coal Gasification, New Internationalist blog, June 20, 2013, acc 17 November 2013
